The truck of the future will have a digital co-driver on board. A virtual guardian angel that assists the driver or even takes over if the driver loses control. “We quite simply attach eyes to the truck,” says Erika Jakobsson at Volvo, one of the powerhouses in the EU’s drive to develop intelligent vehicles.
Robust, aerodynamic, safe to drive, comfortable to live in – and preferably also attractive to look at. The design demands on today’s modern trucks are among the toughest in the world of product design. So what does it take to meet all these demands? Asok George and Rikard Orell at the Volvo Design Center have the answer.
XL Industries manufacture custom vehicle service bodies, mainly for standard one-tonne cab chassis. They were sure there had to be a better way to design and build that using basic 2D CAD.